I was amazed and shocked when I first heard this too. No warrant, no probable cause. Just a bumper sticker.
Dispite this recent event the Government has been checking fuel for many years......it is nothing new. I am sure there is legislation that allows it as well.If you make Hard Liquor at home you are also subject to taxation ( beer and wine are exempt up to a certain volume).Do you guys have a problem when your vehicle is searched at the boardercrossing? What about at Agricultural checkpoints?How about Random DOT Roadside checks. The happen daily nationwide without probable cause
. . . . . but some poor sucker driving a Mercedes diesel with a "VegOil" bumper sticker got caught in the sting. . . .
All depends on the State.and how their code is written.CA stops R/V's on a regular basis checking fuel, When I worked for the Feds......CHP pulled over and ticketed a Federal Fire Engine and cited the Driver for not scaling after coming back into CA from NV. Perfectl;y legal the way the code was written.MD requires all vehicles over a certain wt to scale...commercail or not. Does everyone....no....do they enforce....not often but they do from time to time.